Executive authorities of local bodies to provide information

Any creditor may apply to the executive authority of a municipality, panchayat, union or township or the Revenue Officer or Commissioner of the Municipal Corporation of Madras or of Madurai for information as to whether his debtor was or is assessed to profession, property or house tax in terms of provisos (B) and (C) to section 3 (ii), and the executive authority or Revenue Officer or Commissioner shall thereupon grant to such creditor, a certificate in the prescribed form as to whether the debtor named in the application has been so assessed to profession, property, or house tax. Such certificate shall be received in every Court as evidence of the facts stated therein.